Hearth in Marshes Upper

Discovered during the development of playing pitches at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Excavation Licence No. 02E0008 (area 9)). Excavation revealed a hearth (L 1.1m; Wth 0.46m; D 0.16m) dated to the Iron Age (calibrated radiocarbon date of 180 BC–AD 130) and containing alder and williw charcoal and a large quantity of cereal grains, mainly barley. (Mossop 2002, 23-4, 45; Mossop 2004, 376) References: Mossop, M. 2002 Archaeological monitoring and investigations, Dundalk Institute of Technology, County Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin Mossop, M. 2004 Marshes Upper, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 375-8 (No. 1335). Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 2 December 2011